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This technique requires two control templates on the browse procedure and an extension template on the report procedure. It also requires a means of passing a value (of the query string) to the report procedure either via a global variable or a passed parameter. The following steps assume that an application containing a Browse procedure and a Report procedure (both utilizing the same file and key) is open.

Declare the Global variable

1.Open the Data/Tables Pad, select the Global Data section, and press the Insert button and add the following variable:

      GLO:ReportQueryResult STRING(1024)

      !Note this can be as much as 5k chars)

2.Press the OK button to save the new global variable, then press the Cancel button when the New Column Properties dialog appears again.

On the target Browse Procedure:

Add the query button control template.

1.Open the Window Designer on the target Browse Procedure.

2.Verify and select the Control Templates Pad.

3.Click and drag the BrowseQBEButton, to the position where you want the upper left-hand corner of the Query button, and release the mouse.

4.Right-click on the Query button, and select Actions from the Popup menu.

5.Press the QBE Options Button, and then press the QBE Class tab. Make a note of the Object Name.

This enables a query on the browse and saves the filter expression we will pass to the report.

Add the BrowsePrint button control template.

1.Verify and select the Control Templates Pad.

2.Click and drag the BrowsePrintButton, to the position where you want the upper left-hand corner of the Query button, and release the mouse.

Specify the report to call.

1.RIGHT-CLICK on the new Print button, and select Actions from the Popoup menu.

2.Select the Report procedure to call from the Print Button drop-down list. Press OK to close the Actions dialog.

3.Again, RIGHT-CLICK on the new Print button, and select Embeds from the Popoup menu.

4.Highlight the Accepted embed, and press the Insert button. Highlight Source, and press the Select button. Type the following line of code:

   GLO:ReportQueryResult = QBEn.GetFilter()

Replace n with the appropriate number of the QBE object which you noted earlier.

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The report MUST use the same key and filter as the browse!

Add the ExtendProgressWindow control template.

1.Return to the Application Tree, and press the Extensions button.

2.Press the Insert button. Highlight ExtendProgressWindow on the list, and press the Select button.

3.Press the Save and Close button SaveClose.jpg to return to the Application Tree.

4.Press the Embeds button, and navigate to the ThisReport.Open in the LocalObjects branch of the embed tree. Embed the following code in the CODE section at a Priority of 5000:

IF GLO:ReportQueryResult

   ThisReport.SetFilter(GLO:ReportQueryResult)

   ThisReport.ApplyFilter()

   GLO:ReportQueryResult = ''  !Clear the var

END

Exit back to the Application tree saving your work when prompted.

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